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A. L. BURKE.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patentd Oct l8, 1887.

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A. L. BURKE.

WASHING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA LEROY BURKE, OF STRATFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,546, dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed July 20, 1887. Serial No. 244,806. (No model.) Patented in Canada August 17, 1855, X0. 2.255.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASA LEROY BURKE, a citizen of Canada, residing at Stratford, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, dated August 17, 1885, No. 2,255,) and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in washing-machines for which Letters Patent were granted to me in Canada August 17, 1885, No. 2,255; and it has for its object to simplify and cheapen and otherwiseimprove the construction and render more efficicnt in operation and durable this class of devices.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may relate the same consists in the peculiar construction and in the novel combination, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then specifically defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a perspective with the rubber removed from the sudsbox and in the position it will assume after the washing operation is completed and the parts have been left to drain.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section throughv the suds-box on the line 00 00 of Fig. 3, with part of the slats that form the rubbing-surface removed. Fig. 5 is an end View with parts broken away. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan of the rubber with some of the slats forming the rubhing-surface removed.

Referring, now, to the details of the drawings, A represents my suds-box, composed of the two rectangular sides B, upon the inner faces of which, upon the segment of a circle, I form the grooves a, in which is first placed the sheet-metal (preferably zinc) bottom C, which, it will be noticed, is very thin compared with the width of the groove, so that when said bottom is in place within the grooves upon the adjacent faces of the sides a groove, a, is left for the reception of the ends of the slats D, which form the rubbing-surface of the suds-box. At one end the sides Bare recessed upon their top edges, and in this recess is secured by suitable means a strip, E, to the top edge of which, near the center, is secured the strip or cleat, b, the object of which will be explained farther on. At this end of thesudsbox,and within thegroove a ofthe sides thereof, is secured the strip 0, which abuts against the under surface of the strip E, and thus closes the grooves at this end; but this strip 0 may sometimes be omitted and the slats D run farther up and abut against the under side of the strip E.

The slats D, which form the rubbing-surface of the suds-box, are each of substantially the form shown removed in Fig. 4, and are removably inserted in the grooves a of the sides above the bottom C, and are slipped in from the end A, where the grooves terminate in substantially horizontal portions over the bottom 0, and are slipped along in the grooves until the rubbing-surface is completed, the first slat put in'abutting against the strip 0 at the opposite end, which forms a stop for the slat. When the slats are all in, the vertical strip F, which carries the wringer, as hereinafter described, is secured in place within a recess formed in the end of the sides for its reception, as shown in the drawings, thus closing the ends of the grooves and preventing displacement of the slats; but if at any time it should be desired to remove any or all of the slats for repairs or other purposes the removal of the strip F opens the ends of the grooves, when the slats may be readily removed.

The box is supported upon suitable legs, d, and braced upon its under side by cleats e 6, preferably let intoreeesses or sockets e" upon the under side of the sides B, and the latter one, 6, serving an additional function, which will be hereinafter described.

In the top edges of the sides of the sudsbox are suitable bearings, f, in which are 3' on rnaled the ends 9 of the shaft G, which passes through elongated slots h, formed in the standards H, said standards being formed below said slots with shoulders 2', against which bear the upper edges of the sides I of the rubber. The sides I of the rubber are substantially seg- ICO cesses j, in which recesses and against saidshoulders are secured the slats k, which form the bottom of the rubber. These slats may be i of any suitable form to constitute an efficient rubbing-surface. It will be noticed that by this peculiar construction I provide a rubber which is exceedingly strong, and is not liable to break, as the strain on the bottom is provided for and distributed between the shoulders j on the rubber sides and the shoulders i of the standards H.

Between the standards the shaft G is enlarged or formed with shoulders to prevent endwise displacement thereof.v The upper ends of these standards are enlarged, as shown at Z, to form bearings for the shaft K, which is passed thereth rough and th rough suitable holes in the arms L, and there secured by suitable pins. The outer ends of these arms are connected by a suitable operating-handle, L,while the opposite ends are sleeved upon the shaft M, connecting the upper ends of the links N, the lower ends of which are pivoted to lugs n, suitably secured to the sides of the suds-box.

To prevent end displacement of the shaft G in its bearings in the suds-box, I secure to the sides of the box against the ends of the hearing suitable pieces, m, and to allow of the ready removal of the rubber and its attached parts I pivotto the top edges of the sides of the sudsbox the buttons Z, which extend across the bearings therein and prevent vertical displacement of the ends 9 of the shaft G, but when turned around, as shown in Fig. 3, leave the parts free to be removed, as shown in the same figure.

The strip F carries a wringer, O, as shown. Beneath the wringer end of the machine I arrange a tray or clothes-receptacle, P, adapted I to receive the clothes as they are taken from the machine, and in order that this may be out of the way when not in use I construct it as follows: To the under side thereof, at the rear end, I attach a strip, 8, of the same thickness as the cleat e, and to the underside ofthe strip an opening. 10, through which the water may be removed when necessary, which opening may be closed by a faucet, plug, or other suitable means. 7

The operation is apparent, and a description thereof is unnecessary; but one point needs to be called to attention. By the construction above described, after the clothes have been washed, the parts can be readily made to assume the position shown in Fig. 3, when the rubber is in a position to drain, so that the drippings will fall back into the suds-box and not onto the floor, the cleat 1) serving to hold the rubber in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a washing-machine, the combination, with the sides B, formed upon their adjacent'faces with segmental grooves a, terminating at one end in horizontal portions, as shown, and recessed at each end upon their upper edges, the strip E, secured in the recesses at one end, the strip 0, fitting in said grooves and abutting against the under side of said strip, the metal bottom 0, seated in said grooves, the slats D, removably inserted in said grooves and resting directly upon said bottom, and the strip F, se' cured in the recesses at the opposite end of said sides and closing the horizontal portion of said grooves, substantially as and for the purpose ASA LEROY BURKE.

Witnesses:

JAMES STEELE, G. G..MOPHERSON. 

